I wanted to play Android games and watch some videos on my tv, i have a galaxy s2 but i don't have the HDMI cable, so my idea was to stream the screen to my pc and then connect him to the tv screen. i know there are some ways through vnc and stuff, but i wanted to get full screen like with the hdmi cable, is it possible to do that throught vnc alternatives or is there a better way so i can get my android fullscreen on my tv?
Is anyone else having part of their android screen cut off (just the two side edges) when they are plugged into the hdmi port on TVs? Any idea how or if you can fix that?
Depends on the resolution of your TV and the picture mode/scaling you have set.
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I want to be able to turn my screen off while watching a movie, is that possible? I have watched 2 movies so far and the screen stays on the whole time while I watch the movies, I feel that this drains the battery more this way. Is there a way to turn off the screen while watching a movie?
I have not yet found a way to do so
What player did you use? I watched a 720p mkv using BSPlayer Lite and I think at some point the screen timed out and the video kept going on the TV.
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What player did you use? I watched a 720p mkv using BSPlayer Lite and I think at some point the screen timed out and the video kept going on the TV.
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I tried modoplayer and mx player
i used mxplayer and my screen turned off but i was using hw not sw mode
A lot of TVs have "overscan" enabled by default, which cuts off the outer edge of the screen and stretches the image. It's a carryover from the SDTV days, since CRT TVs wouldn't display all the way to the edge and TV shows and video games were designed with this in mind. That might be the issue. There's usually a setting in the TV's menu to disable overscan.
When using Gallery to play video to HDMI, my screen actually does go off for 1080p videos (no mirror function due to the high res).
I still can't get more than left channel audio when playing an H.264 stereo AAC MPEG4 video out to my 2 HD TVs. My several other tablets and phones don't have this issue. I've tried with 2 HDMI 1.4 cables that work for the other devices.
If I play a video with 5.1 channel audio and run it through my AV receiver, the receiver detects the 5.1 input, but I get only left front channel out and sub. I'm still not sure if this is a defective Prime or a buggy implementation of 5.1 on the tablet.
Is anyone getting both left and right channel audio when plugging the Prime into an HD TV?
i'm actually not being able to see anything on my tv, am i doing or missing something wrong?
I've got both side speakers working on my TV. I have a samsung sound bar hooked up to my tv and it sounded awesome last night while watching my movie.
Cuyabro, the only thing I did was plugged the HDMI cable to my TV and TP and it worked. I didn't do anything special.
Tried rebooting the tablet and unplugging-replugging the cable, cuyabro?
Hi there, Im just wondering if there is way to watch a video with hdmi using mxplayer, or stock player through hdmi and use the tablet to browse or whatever at the same time?
when i plug the hdmi in, the screen goes black, which is fine, but im wondering if it can be used a a second monitor as it was.. so play a game and video (one on tv, one on tablet,
i saw something like that on the chameleon
like this?
I just bought an MHL > HDMI cable for the Xperia Tablet Z, couldnt initially get it working but read that if the battery is under 70% it requires power, plugged in and it works a treat.
However, some videos play fine on the external display but some are jittery and the playback rate isn't quite right. All play fine on the tablets screen. The movie files are different formats and will no doubt have different data rates but does anyone have what data rate MHL will support?
Videos were played back with a few different movie Apps including the official Sony one, MX Player and Play Movies.
I also bought a MHL cable. Haven't been able to get it to work. Absolutely nothing happens when I plug it in. Is there a setting to enable this option?
Has anyone had success playing a Netflix video via the Netflix app using USB-C to HDMI adapter? I keep getting a black screen when playing Netflix or YouTube TV videos when connected to HDMI via USB-C. The app page displays properly but the video is black. I thought it may have to do with DRM so I switched to HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 port on the TV and didn't work. I also bought a new adapter that is supposed to work. Still no go.
I have noticed the same thing in the HBO app. I am guessing that the apps themselves have a security feature so you cant use a screen recorder. Some other video apps work but not Netflix or HBO and I think this would have to be an app fix.